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Subject: EVA's painful on fingers - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 16-Apr-84 18:15:00 EST
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uiuccsb!jackson    Apr 16 17:15:00 1984

I read in some paper that when the astronauts execute an EVA, that their
fingers turn black and blue.  It also said quoted the astronauts as saying
that when they came back into the shuttle after an EVA that their fingers
felt like they had been beaten with a hammer.

Why does this happen?  I would think the pressurization of their suits
would keep this from happening.  Can anybody explain why EVA's are so
painful on the fingers?



Dan Jackson

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